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Letters From Nobles
It is now the middle of the ninth month, when summer has passed and the temperature has become a little more comfortable. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Al, come here for a second」
As I was about to return to my own room to read a book after lunch, Elna-kaasan called out to me.
Casually turning my eyes over in her direction, there is also Nord-tousan sitting there with a serious expression on his face.
「No」
For some reason, they gave off this troublesome-looking atmosphere around them, so I started walking away to avoid it.
「It’s fine, just come here」
Then, Elna-kaasan smoothly and quickly reaches out with her hand and it digs into my shoulder.
Her fingers feel like they are digging into the gap between my bones. I can’t move at all.
Somehow, she’s unusually merciless today. Is there something she needs to do today that she really has to grab me like this?
I don’t think that there are any particular matters that have anything to do with me......
Elna-kaasan pulled me toward the table and then I sat on the chair. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
After Elna-kaasan sat opposite me, Nord-tousan took out several letters from his breast pocket.
「What, are these letters?」
「These are letters from nobles who want to come to our Harvest Festival」
Hm? Speaking of the nobles who will come to participate in our Harvest Festival, it would be Eric’s house, Earl Melna, and Viscount Yurina, right?
Why do I need to check those formal letters from the nobles then?
I received the letters that were offered to me while having my doubts.
Looking at the back of the letter, there is a family crest with crossed swords that gives people a somewhat rugged impression.
I’ve seen this at Eric’s house, so this is definitely Sylford’s family crest.
「Whaat, it’s Eric’s isn’t it? What happened? Could it be that they got sick or something so they can’t come?」
「That’s not it, take a look at the other letter」
Elna-kaasan urges me to look at a different letter when I ask.
And when I looked at the back of the other letter, there were unfamiliar crests lined up on the letters.
They are not Earl Melna’s or Viscount Yurina’s crests.
「These are, which noble house?」
Are these Nord-tousan’s acquaintances? At least, I have never associated myself with people who bear these crests.
「I wonder if I should have made you study a bit more?」
Even if you say that, there are a lot of noble houses with their family crest, and there are also many changes, like new noble houses. Memorizing them all is honestly annoying......
But, I properly memorize the noble houses that are likely to have relationships with us within our range of acquaintances.
「Does this look familiar to you then?」
Nord-tousan points to a single letter among the letters lined up, so I try to stare at it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Hmー? Somehow I feel like I’ve seen it before?」
But, I can’t remember where have I seen it.
I don’t think it matters to me no matter who they are, but they will probably get angry if I say that.
「This crest belongs to Duke Ringrande」
So Nord-tousan said when I was still staring at the crest while groaning.
Duke Ringrande? If I remember correctly, they are the troublesome noble who forcibly invited me to the royal capital’s exchange meeting.
What comes to my mind is the young lady with red hair with a smile that seems to have a plot or two in it.
「By any chance, is it Alicia」
「That’s right. There is also the young miss of the Misfid house, Ranna-sama with her」
Nord-tousan firmly answered when I gingerly asked.
With Ra-chan? I don’t understand.
「……why?」
「That is what we would like to know by calling you here though.......」
Nord-tousan wryly smiles when I ask. It looks like he’s more troubled than he looks judging by the deep wrinkles between his eyebrows.
Be that as it may, I don’t know anything about it.
「There was a time when Al was having a conversation with Alicia-sama back at the party, right? Did the both of you make any promises or something?」
「No, not even the slightest」
Alicia called out to me when I was with Eric, it’s not like we’ve become close or anything. And we only had a harmless and inoffensive conversation. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Then, what about Ranna-sama? You helped her when she got lost and it seems like you became extremely close to her」
「I also feel like I’ve become a good friend with Ra-chan, but I haven’t made any promises to play with her」
It was fun playing with Ra-chan, but we haven’t made any promises to play again next time.
Back when I Teleport-ed to the royal capital, she caught sight of me for an instant, but she should not have gotten an accurate recognition of me back then.
「But, Ra-chan said that wanted to join us when she heard that Eric and I were going to visit each other’s territory」
Although it was something to show others that the Slowlett house and Sylford house are on good terms with each other, from Ra-chan’s perspective - someone who talked and played with me - she might felt like she was being left out.
And Eric is going to come to our territory this time, so she might feel like she’s also going to join us.
「If that’s the case, then I suppose it’s not entirely hard to believe」
「But, why is the young lady of the Ringrande house also coming with her?」
I don’t know about that.
I wonder what that person is thinking? But it’s true that there was some mischievous aspect of her when she offered to intermediate the duel between me and Bram.
She might also want to come here to kill just to kill some time after listening to the talks about visiting each other’s territory?
「Ra-chan is fine, but let’s politely decline Alicia’s letter」
And when I put forward a good suggestion to them, Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan exchange glances and brightly smile. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Do you think you can do that when the other party is from a Duke house?」
「Also, they are saying that they are going together so to refuse only one of them is like a declaration of war, don’t you think?」
「Rightー」
Despite them smiling like that, their eyes are absolutely not smiling.
These two are probably the ones going to be troubled then.
Darn it, is this the so-called political power?
「By the way, what about Ra-chan’s older sister, Shelka also coming?」
「As far as I can read from the letter, there is no mention of her older sister's name even once」
There was the incident of Ra-chan using Wind magic to blow up Shelka’s skirt after all. I don’t want to see her if possible, so I’m grateful that Ra-chan is coming alone.
「So, this year we will have the Sylford family, Ra-chan, Alicia, Earl Melna, and Viscount Yurina?」
Just counting the nobles alone there are eight people. There are a lot of nobles coming for this year’s Harvest Festival.
「No, Earl Melna and Viscount Yurina will not come this year」
「Why is that?」
That amusing uncle and older brothers are not coming? Even though they said they will come again next year. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Earl Melna wrote, he would refrain from coming since there were two people from the Duke’s house participating」
That ossan, I’ve been thinking about it since the party back then, he’s good at avoiding troublesome things.
In the end, is this kind of ability in terms of crisis avoidance necessary for an Earl?
Oh well, there is a frightening lady from the Duke’s family after all. I understand how he feels since it’s going to be troublesome and you have to pay attention to anything you do.
I also feel the same, I mean, if it was not because of the matter with Eric then I would gladly go somewhere far away. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go to Kagura right now and let the situation pass.
「Well either way, I told him that we could not afford to entertain other noble guests satisfactorily this year so I tried to suggest to him that he can participate again next year」
There are this many nobles coming to our territory. The Slowlett house is already overcapacity in receiving noble guests.
「By the way, does Viscount Yurina also have the same reason for not coming?」
「No, he can not come because Rinalia-sama is currently pregnant so he can not go out of his territory for a while.......or rather, it looks like he does not want to go outside」
Ri, Rinalia-san is pregnant!? .......is that visually acceptable? Isn’t that a crime?
So I thought, but in terms of the values of this world, there is nothing wrong with that.
In the first place, that person has a very young appearance but she is already seventeen years old. Just considering her age alone, she might be considered late as a noble. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I, is that so. That’s wonderful news. We have to send a congratulatory letter」
「Yes, that’s right. Should we send some baby clothes over using the fine cloths we received from Viscount Dole?」
「They would probably be happy with that」
Although I was having an indescribable, uncomfortable feeling inside, I only quietly listened to the two’s conversation.
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